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A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star

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Study Documents Enduring Contaminant Legacy of the Gold Rush
James Roney

The Power of Hormones

Dissection of Oarfish Reveals Insights into its Ecology
Bren Hall's solar panels

Cool School in All Shades of Green
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Central Coast Sustainability Summit Points the Way to New Projects

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Adelie penguins

Ice Sheet Plays Key Role in Regulating and Responding to Earth's Climate
Female-specific iridescent stripes in the skin of the common market squid

True Colors: Female Squid Have Two Ways to Switch Color
A fly consumes camphor-containing ice cream.

For Fruit Flies, Food Experience Can Alter Taste Preferences
fMRI connectivity results

Research Reveals Brain Connections Underlying Accurate Introspection
2013 Global Scores for the Ocean Health Index

2013 Ocean Health Index Shows Food Provision Is an Area of Great Concern
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